Dispensing device



-'3 1932- c. E. YCONNER 1,874,738

DISPENSING DEVIC E Filed April 8, 1931 INVENTOR. Czafi/esflc armer A TTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 30, 1932 UNITED STATES CHARLES E. comma, or romance, CALIFORNIA DISPENSINGDEXHCE I Application filed April 8,

dispensing device of the character stated which combines with the magazine and inclined feed floor thereof, an improved de-' tachable cover which can be manufactured at a low cost and which is furnished with eX- ceedingly simple meansfor removably maintaining it in the closed position.

More specifically stated the invention pertains to a magazine having a cover which is releasably held in place by means of an improved arrangement of locking shoulders, resilient lug and a depression wherewith said lug cooperates to yieldingly maintain the cover in the closed position after said cover has been forced into place with said lug seated in said depression.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may hereinafter appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which illustrates what is at present deemed to be a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device showing the cover in place and showing combined '30 therewith a coin tray.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken through the locking shoulders which aid in holding the cover in place, on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the cover taken on the same plane as Fig. 4, the central portion of the cover being broken away to contract the view.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 4, but differs from the latter view in that an elastic lining is shown within the seat which is engaged by the boss carried by the lid.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line 77 of Fig. 5, but differs from Fig. 5 in that a resilient washer is shown placed around the boss carried by the lid.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the receptacle is provided with a magazine portion Fig. 1.

1931; Serial in. "528,601-

9 and .a-covejr portion 10:,iand by preference and as shown,- is also provided with aBlaterfa-l extension 11 havingsa side portion l2 ;ar1 d wallstldand 14 inorder to-form a tray to receive coin or for. otherpnrposes. 1 {I The magazine 9 is provided with side per.-v .tions; 15 and 16 and with a floor portion 17, saidportions 15, 1'6 and 17 all being inclined in order. to .directthe articles. contained Wi hin the magazine downwardly to the retaining oo lip '18-'whichis placed at the loweror floor endof the device. The cover 1-0 is provided with .thelside portions:20 and :21, :-With the back wall 122 and with thesemiscircular notch 23' at its: lower .end, said notch 23 cooperating u with the-notch24 of the base portion of the -receptacle in order that matches, toothpicksqr the likefmayreadi ly heremovjed by the fingers; i y 1 Describing the means for releasablyholding the cover in .place,.at each side .of the magazine is provided a notch or recess 25, and {at eachside of,..the.cov.er is provided an inward- 1y directed boss 28 which cooperates with said recess 25. As well shown in Fig. 4, said notch 76 25 extends into the sidewall of the receptacle only about half Way therethrough. Said notch, furthermore, is provided near its base with a slight ofl'set 25a which forms a seat for the boss 28 to cooperate effectively with v said boss 28 to hold the cover in place.

At the other end of the cover there is provided, within the back wall 22, an inwardly directed socket 27 within which is secured the elastic plug 28a, the inwardly projecting end of which is preferably rounded as shown to lock the cover in place.

In Fig. 6 is shown a modification wherein the recess or notch 25 is lined with a rubber or like strip 35, the resilient nature of which aids in releasably holding the cover in place.

In Fig. 7 is shown another modification wherein the boss 28 has slipped thereover a sleeve 40 of rubber or other resilient material which likewise cooperates with the lockingmeans to keep the cover releasably in place.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 a piece of cardboard 55 is shown pasted to the under side of the cover 10 to illustrate the position ofv the cardboard which will be used in some instances as a means of displaying advertising matter through the cover when the same is made of a transparent material.

I claim:

1. In a device of the kind described, in

combination, a cover having a flange extending around three'sides thereof, one of said flanges being located at an end of said 'cover and having a resilient boss projecting from its inner face, and each of the other flanges having near the other end of thecover an internally projecting boss; and a recepta- I cle upon which said cover fits, said receptacle 7 having a depression at'oneend with which said resilient boss cooperates. and having near its other end a recess formed in each outer side thereof to cooperate with said internally projecting bosses. v r

- 2. In a device of the kind described, in combination a cover having a flange extending around three sides thereof, one of said flanges being located at an end of said cover and having a resilient boss projecting from its inner face, and each of the other flanges having near the other end of the cover an internally projecting boss; and a receptacle upon which said cover fits, said receptacle having a depression at one endwith which said resilientboss cooperates and having near its otherrend a recess formed in each outer side' thereof to cooperate with said internally projecting bosses, said recesses consisting of grooves which are provided with offset portions to cooperate more effectively with said internally projecting bosses. T In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. a CHARLES E. GONNER. 

